Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Milam Apple
Milam is a heritage apple cultivar that originated in US (before 1820). It was grown primarily for eating. Width 69 mm, height 62 mm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture documented it with 5 watercolour studies (1840–1873), painted by Deborah Griscom Passmore and Mary Daisy Arnold, as official botanical identification records made before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Milam |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Arnold, Mary Daisy, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira |
| Specimen origin | Maryland, Montgomery, Rockville; Virginia, Arlington; Kansas, Riley, Manhattan; Colorado, Montrose, Montrose |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001963, POM00001964, POM00002106, POM00002629, POM00002630.
